Rubber-cushioned horseshoe.



No. 634,4lo. Patented-.oct 3, |899.

c. E. GALLEY.

RUBBER CUSHIONED H'UBSESHOE.

(Application led Feb. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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RUBBER-CUSHIONED HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,410, dated October3, 1899.

Application filed February 9, 1899. Serial No. 705,053. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, CHARLOTTE E. GALLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bu ffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Rubber-Cushioned Horseshoe, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in rubber-cushioned horseshoes.

Heretofore metal horseshoes have been provided with rubber cushions; butin order to effect a secure connection between the same and the shoes ithas been necessary to employ a rubber cushion of a thickness which willnot admit of frog-pressure and which is exceedingly expensive. It hasalso been found by experience that with these shoes a considerableamount of rubber has to be discarded after the cushion hasworn down tothe fastening devices, owing to the -fact that the latter are located ata point between the upper and lower faces of the cushion and must beplaced a considerable distance lfrom the upper or inner face of thecushion in order to secure the necessary stability.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction forattaching rubber cushions to metal horseshoes and to enable thefastening devices to be located at the upper or inner face of thecushion in order to enable practically the entire cushion to be wornaway before discarding it.

A further object of the invention is to enable cushions of less th iekness than those heretofore used to be employed, thereby greatly lesseningthe cost of the same and at the same time permitting frog-pressure.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangementV of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a horseshoeconstructed in accordance with this invention, the cushion beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cushion. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view taken longitudinally of one side. Fig. -lis a detailsectional view of the front of the horseshoe. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of thefront and rear anchoring devices.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the'Figures ofthe drawings.

l designates a horseshoe provided at itsinner and outer edges withlongitudinal flanges 2 and 3, forming walls and providing a longitudinalgroove or channel for the reception of a continuous rubber cushion Ll-,conforming to the configuration of the horseshoe and adapted to bereadily intel-locked with the same after the said horseshoe has beensecured to the hoof of an animal. The horseshoe is provided at oppositesides with crosspieces 5 and (l, preferably formed integral with theside walls, as illust-rated in the ac- `companying drawings, and locatedat points near the center and rear 'ends of the sides of the horseshoe.These rigid cross-pieces are engaged by substantially L-shaped anchorsor tongues 7 and 8, located at the upper or inner face of the cushionand adapted to be interlocked with the cross-pieces 5 and 6 by slidingthe sides of the cushion in the grooves or channels of the sides of thehorseshoe. locating the anchors or tongues 7 and 8 at the upper or innerface of the cushion the entire body of the latter lies beyond thecross-pieces 5 and G, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings, so that practically the entire cushion maybe wornbefore it has to be discarded. Also this arrangement enables a cushionof much less thickness to be employed t-han can be when the fasteningdevices pass through the body portion of it, and by decreasing thethickness of the cushion the expense is greatlyA reduced andfrogpressure is permitted.

The rear anchors or tongues are constructed of sheet metal or othersuitable material, and each pair consists of a single strip of metalhaving its end portions bent to form similarly-disposed L-shaped arms,and the intermediate connecting portion 9, which is disposed parallelwith the cushion, is embedded in the same and is'p'rovided with openings10, adapted to cause the rubber lying above and below the connectingportion 9 to be united at intervals, as clearly shown in the drawings.In practice the longitudinal portions of the tongues or anchors 7 and Swill lie close to the inner or upper face of the cushion, and the latterwill lit against the ByI ICO

face of the horseshoe; but in Figs. il and 3 the construction isexaggerated in order to illustrate it more clearly.

The nail-holes 1l of the horseshoe are arranged between the walls 2 and3, and after the shoe is attached to a hoof in the usual manner thesides of the cushion are introduced between the walls, and by slidingthem rearward the anchors or tongues will engage the cross-pieces. Thefront portion of the cushion is then forced in position and may besecured by any suitable means, such as transverse pins 12, passingthrough perforations 13 and lf-.L of the inner and outer walls 2 and 3and engaging loops or bends of a front anchor l5, constructed of a stripof sheet metal similar to the rear anchors. The front anchor, which iscurved to conform to the conguration of the front of the horseshoe, isprovided equidistant of its ends with transverse bends 16, forminginwardlyor upwardly offset eyes, located adjacent to the upper or innerface of the cushion and receiving the fastening devices. The frontanchor is provided with openings 17, formed at intervals to permit therubber above and below the metal to be united similar to that heretoforedescribed. The anchors are molded inthe cushion and the rubber is thenvulcanized, and by constructing the anchors of sheet metal or similarmaterial they are resilient, and when the cushion wears down to thefastening vdevices its resiliency will not be lessened.

The invention has the following advantages: The means for attaching thecushion to the metal shoe are simple and comparatively inexpensive inconstruction. 'lhey possess strength, durability, and resiliency, andthey are located at the inner or upper face of the cushion, so that theentire body portion of the same will lie beyond the crosspieces 5 and G,therebygreatly lessening the thickness of the cushion. By reducing thethickness of the rubber cushion the cost ot construction is greatlylessened and frogpressure is permitted.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope ot' the appended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

What is claimed is- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination with a horseshoe, of a cushion arranged thereon, and lockingdevices carried by the cushion and engaging the shoe, said lockingdevices being located at the inner or upper face of the cushion andterminating short of the lower or outer face ot' the same, substantiallyas described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a horseshoehaving agroove or channel and provided with cross-pieces spanning thesame, of a cushion arranged within the gloove or channel and provided atits inner or upper face with tongues or anchors detachably interlockedwith thc crosspieces, substantially as described.

A device of the class described comprising a horseshoe having a grooveor channel and provided at opposite sides with crosspieces, a cushionfitting in the groove or channel, and the anchors mounted on the cushionand provided at the inner or upper face thereof with longitudinaltongues detaehably interlocked with the cross-pieces, substantially asdescribed.

4. A device of the class described comprising a horseshoe provided witha groove or channel and having cross-pieces, a cushion, and the anchorsconsisting of strips of metal embedded in the cushion and havingexteriorly-arranged tongues detachably interlocked with thecross-pieces, substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described comprising a cushion provided at itsinner or upper face with anchors or tongues, and a horseshoe providedwith devices arranged to be engaged by the anchors or tongues, wherebythe cushion is interlocked with the shoe, substantially as described.

G. A device of the class described comprising a shoe having inner andouter walls and provided at opposite sides with cross-pieces,- acontinuous cushion provided at opposite sides with anchors for engagingthe crosspieces, said cushion being provided at its front with an anchorforming an eye, and a fastening device engaging the eye and the shoe,substantially as described.

7. A device of the class described comprising a shoe, a cushion, a frontanchor consisting of a strip of metal embedded in the cushion andprovided with bends forming eyes, fastening devices engaging the eyesand the shoe, and means for securing the sides of the cushion to theshoe, substantially as described.

8. A device of the class described comprising a shoe provided with innerand outer walls, a continuous cushion tting between the walls andprovided at its inner or upper face with anchors interlocked with theshoe at opposite sides thereof, and means forsecuring the front of thecushion to the shoe, substantially as described.

9. A device of the class described comprising a horseshoe, a cushionarranged thereon and having an unbroken outer face, and devices locatedat the inner face of the cushion and detachably connecting the same withthe horseshoe, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLOTTE E. GALLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, W. PERRY HAHN.

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